Remote Sensing of the Environment and Radiation Transfer [recurso electrónico] : an Introductory Survey

The interaction of the solar and heat radiation with the atmosphere and surface is the subject of the book. It is useful also for wide circle scientists involved in environmental studies. The book contains the description of 17 computer studying programs supporting different topics of courses. It includes only the base ground for comprehension of key topics and provides the accomplishment of practical works with using specially elaborated computer programs. Themes of practical works reflect main sections of mentioned courses of lectures. The packet of computer programs is added for solution of direct and inverse problems. It promotes deep and reliable comprehension of corresponding topics by students. All described approaches and computer programs are valuable resources for solving radiative transfer problems and they could be used by students for courses and diploma studies concerned atmospheric optics. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Radiation in the Earth Atmosphere....Pages 1-18 Special Features of Self-surface (Heat) Radiation Forming....Pages 19-26 The Direct Calculation of the Absorption Coefficient of Atmosphere Gases with Using Parameters of Absorption Bands Fine Structure....Pages 27-38 Calculating Transmission Functions with Modeling Absorption Bands of Atmospheric Gases....Pages 39-46 Calculation of the Intensity of Self Heat Radiation of the System “Surface-Atmosphere”....Pages 47-51 Construction and Operation of the Automated One-Channel IR-Radiometer....Pages 53-61 Remote Measurement of the Surface Temperature Field with the Automated One-Channel IR-Radiometer....Pages 63-72 Study of Depending the Uncertainty of the Remote Surface Temperature Retrieval on the Initial Parameters Exactness....Pages 73-81 The Thermal Remote Sounding of the Atmosphere....Pages 83-97 Calculating Optical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosol....Pages 99-104 Calculating Solar Radiative Characteristics in Clouds with Asymptotic Formulas of the Radiative Transfer Theory....Pages 105-118 Calculating Solar Irradiance with Eddington Method....Pages 119-127 Monte-Carlo Method for the Solar Irradiance Calculation....Pages 129-138 Calculating Radiative Characteristics with the Single Scattering Approximation....Pages 139-146 Analysis of the Reflection Anisotropy. Case Study: The Numerical Simulation of Waving Water Surface....Pages 147-154 Quantification and Analysis of the Spectral Composition of Subsurface Solar Radiation Diffuse Reflectance in Cases of Deep and Shallow Water Bodies....Pages 155-167 Simulations and Analyses of Variations in Colorimetric Properties of Natural Waters with Specific Reference to Waters with Significant Spatial Heterogeneity of Optical Properties....Pages 169-173 Retrieval of CPA Concentrations from the Spectral Composition of Subsurface Water Column Diffuse Reflectance: Application to Environmental Remote Sensing Tasks....Pages 175-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-185